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If Satan Were Lazy

I wish Satan were lazy, but unfortunately, he’s not. The Bible says he prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. If only everyone who calls themselves Christian had Satan’s determination, only for good rather than evil. Seeking ways to show others the love of God by our actions, just as the Bible tells us we should by loving God first and our neighbors the way Jesus loved us.

When we truly love God, we want to please Him and keep His Commandments; pleasing God becomes a strong desire, as Jesus demonstrated.

Christians should not risk being lazy; a lazy disciple is like lukewarm water to be spewed out, or the one-talent man cast into outer darkness.

Jesus gave every disciple an assignment:

And he said to them, ‘Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. 16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.” 

mARK 16:15-16

If we don’t spread the seeds of truth, only the weeds of Satan are planted. As advocates of Christ, we need to speak up for Christ; souls, including our own, depend on it.

  • 1st Peter 5:8 (Devil prowls)
  • Matthew 25:14-30 (parable)
  • Revelation 3:16 (don’t be lukewarm)
  • 1st John 5:3 (Keep Commandments)
  • Mark 16:15 (share the gospel)
  • Matthew 22:37-39 (greatest command)

God First!

Doing our part – takes work!

Believers in God don’t sit around waiting on God to provide everything for them!

No, that would be sluggishness (laziness) and is not the role we find endorsed by God in Scripture; God expects us to work! It would be misrepresentative of scripture to believe it’s all about what God can do for us when so much is about what we can; Go and Do!

God expects us to do our part in providing physical and spiritual nourishment. God has given mankind a working role since the beginning. (Gen.2:15) Throughout Scripture, we find being a sluggard has been condemned while effort has been rewarded. (Matt.25:24-30)

Working towards righteous goals may take much patience; on our part, and we should be mindful of that fact that seeing the full results of our efforts may never happen; even so, in our ongoing, consistent unrelenting effort, we can know that working for good; will reap good in time if we don’t quit.

How can we know this? Because God tells us so.

And let us not grow weary while doing good, for, in due season, we shall reap if we do not lose heart.” Galatians 6:9

If we do our part, God will always do His!

  • Proverbs 18:9
  • 2 Thessalonians 3:10
  • Proverbs 26:14
  • Proverbs 26:16
  • Proverbs 24:30–31
  • Mark 16:15-16

(Several proverbs address sluggards)

God First!

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